Two Afghan citizens are facing 20 counts of sexual offences, including rape and sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl with autism, on a train in Great Britain. Both defendants have denied the charges, while the trial is under way at the Internal London Crown Court.
According to report Daily MailThe accused are Baralai Rahimi, 25-year-old, from Southall to Western London, and Mirbandrahman Sadat, 29, from Cricklewood in the northwest of the British capital.
The event allegedly took place on February 5th on a train at the Southern Company, which was traveling to London.
According to evidence presented in court, the two men had observed the minor at a railway station in Kent, after she had left home, and had followed her to the train.
The 14-year testimony: Nobody saw us.
During the trial, the girl’s recorded statement to the police was also presented, where she confessed what had happened during the trip.
When the officers asked her what the other passengers were doing, she answered: Nobody saw us. Everyone was on their phones.
The jury has also seen images of security cameras, in which, according to the report, Rahim is seen taking the 14-year-old to the train’s bathroom.
In her testimony, the girl showed that she had informed Rahmi of her true age, but that she had not known how to refuse his demands.
I didn’t know how to say no.
Asked why she had agreed to sit on his lap, she had explained her fears in front of two adults.
He’s bigger than me, stronger and I can’t do anything. I was forced to do what they told me not to get into a dangerous situation. Or they would become angry and could do whatever they wanted with violence.
According to her testimony, the first contact had yet to occur without getting on the train. Rahim, who was introduced to him by the name of Sandin, had begun to compliment him for his appearance and had tried to put his coat on while Sadati looked at him from a distance.
At first, I thought he was doing well, but then he kept saying the same thing. I thought, “Now you’re going too far, She had declared herself a minor.
She claimed Rahim had embraced and kissed her without her consent.
He was standing right next to me and I was trying to say no. The kiss was too much.
Both defendants deny charges
In his written statement, Baralai Rahimi has denied the accusations, claiming the girl had told him she was 17 years old and that everything had happened with her consent.
I asked her about her age, and she told me she was 17. She looked 17 to 18, so I believed her. It was the one who took the initiative. Everything that happened started and was caused by it and was consensual, He had declared it.
Even the other defendant, Mirmurahman Sadat, has flatly denied the acts he is accused of.
Even though I have some memory problems, I didn’t do what I’m accused of. I flatly deny the crimes, Sadat has expressed himself.
Both face a total of 20 charges, while claiming they are innocent. The trial at the Interior London Crown Court is expected to last about three weeks.
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